John Landsverk
Biographic Data
| ID | 163857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Landsverk |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Landsverk |
| SIGNATURE | LANDSVERK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 60 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 510 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 60 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 14 |
The influence of evidence-based program registry websites for dissemination of evidence-based interventions in behavioral healthcare
Visitors’ Assessment and Utilization of Evidence-Based Program Resources (EBPR) Websites
Background: Evidence-based program resources (EBPR) websites for behavioral health are a potentially useful tool to assist decision-makers and practitioners in deciding which behavioral health interventions to implement. EBPR websites apply rigorous research standards to assess the effectiveness of behavioral healthcare programs, models, and clinical practices. Method: Visitors to a convenience sample of six EBPR websites (N=369, excluding studen…
State behavioral health agency website references to evidence-based program registers
Homelessness and aging out of foster care: A national comparison of child welfare-involved adolescents
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health, Chronic Medical Conditions, and Development in Young Children
The cost of implementing new strategies (Coins): A method for mapping implementation resources using the stages of implementation completion
Explaining variations in state foster care maintenance rates and the implications for implementing new evidence-based programs
Exploration and adoption of evidence-based practice by US child welfare agencies
Research to practice in child welfare systems: Moving forward with implementation research
Looking beneath and in-between the hidden surfaces: A critical review of defining, measuring and contextualizing mental health service disparities in the child welfare system
Inadequate Housing Among Families Under Investigation for Child Abuse and Neglect: Prevalence from a National Probability Sample
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of inadequate housing that threaten out‐of‐home placement among families under investigation by child welfare. Data came from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well‐Being, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of child welfare‐involved families. Child protective services caseworkers as well as caregivers provided information on families whose child remained in the home after initial …
Practitioner Review: Children in foster care – vulnerabilities and evidence‐based interventions that promote resilience processes
Background: An increasing number of children are placed in foster care (i.e., a kin or nonkin family home other than the biological parent) due to experiences of physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuse, and/or neglect. Children in foster care are at increased risk for a host of negative outcomes encompassing emotional, behavioral, neurobiological, and social realms. Methods: Areas of risk and vulnerability among foster children are de…
Mixed Method Designs in Implementation Research
This paper describes the application of mixed method designs in implementation research in 22 mental health services research studies published in peer-reviewed journals over the last 5 years. Our analyses revealed 7 different structural arrangements of qualitative and quantitative methods, 5 different functions of mixed methods, and 3 different ways of linking quantitative and qualitative data together. Complexity of design was associated with n…
A Preliminary Analysis of the Receipt of Mental Health Services Consistent With National Standards Among Children in the Child Welfare System
Objectives. We sought to examine the extent to which children in the child welfare system receive mental health care consistent with national standards. Methods. We used data from 4 waves (3 years of follow-up) of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the nation's first longitudinal study of children in the child welfare system, and the Area Resource File to examine rates of screening, assessment, and referral to mental health s…
Use of Psychotropic Medication Guidelines at Child-Serving Community Mental Health Centers as Assessed by Clinic Directors
Implementation Research in Mental Health Services: An Emerging Science with Conceptual, Methodological, and Training challenges
Keep foster‐parent training intervention: Model description and effectiveness
In this paper, we describe the development and history of the Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP) foster‐parent training intervention. KEEP intervention represents a modified version of the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care intervention developed by interventionists at the Oregon Social Learning Center and is designed to provide training and support for children ages 5–11 in regular foster care. We also report on the initial …
Cultural Exchange and the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: Two Case Studies
Objective: The dynamics of interactions between evidence-based intervention (EBI) developers and trainers and organizations and providers that deliver the EBI was examined in two case studies, a statewide randomized effectiveness trial of an EBI to reduce child neglect and a randomized trial of EBIs for depression, anxiety, and conduct problems in children and adolescents. Methods: Data were collected using ethnographic methods of participant obs…
Assessing the Organizational Social Context (OSC) of Mental Health Services: Implications for Research and Practice
Effects of a Foster Parent Training Intervention on Placement Changes of Children in Foster Care
Placement disruptions undermine efforts of child welfare agencies to promote safety, permanency, and child well-being. Child behavior problems significantly contribute to placement changes. The aims of this investigation were to examine the impact of a foster parent training and support intervention (KEEP) on placement changes and to determine whether the intervention mitigates placement disruption risks associated with children's placement histo…
Prevention of Behavior Problems for Children in Foster Care: Outcomes and Mediation Effects
Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Functioning in Latina Women
In this study, the researchers examined the associations among intimate partner violence and psychological functioning in 282 Latina women between 18 and 45 years. Participants were interviewed about demographic characteristics, experiences with physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner violence, psychological symptoms, stressful life events, and childhood maltreatment. Physical violence was associated with symptoms of depression and h…
Current status and evidence base of training for foster and treatment foster parents
Substance involvement among youths in child welfare: The role of common and unique risk factors
This study examines risk factors for substance involvement for youths involved with the child welfare (CW) system. In addition to common risk factors examined in general population studies; this research examines risk factors unique to youths in the CW system, including age at entry into CW and number of out-of-home placements. Participants included 214 youths ages 13 to 18, randomly sampled from youths active to CW in San Diego County, Californi…
Predictors of Placement Moves Among Children With and Without Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Children identified as having emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) may have different out-of-home care placements than their peers without EBD.This study compared the factors influencing placement movements for 362 children with EBD and 363 children without EBD, using clinical Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) scores at baseline data collection of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. The analyses explored potential case chara…
Parent-Training Programs in Child Welfare Services: Planning for a More Evidence-Based Approach to Serving Biological Parents
Child welfare service agencies provide parent training as part of their legally mandated responsibility to provide services to assist families to keep their children at home or to achieve reunification. The use of parent-training programs for families in the child welfare system has undergone relatively little examination. Mental health, special education, and juvenile justice have been identifying evidence-based approaches that have demonstrated…
Placement movement in out-of-home care: Patterns and predictors
Impact of child psychosocial functioning on reunification from out-of-home placement
Parental visiting and foster care reunification
Race, ethnicity, and case outcomes in child protective services
Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care
Current status and evidence base of training for foster and treatment foster parents
Homelessness and aging out of foster care: A national comparison of child welfare-involved adolescents
Youth who physically assault their parents
Keep foster‐parent training intervention: Model description and effectiveness
In this paper, we describe the development and history of the Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP) foster‐parent training intervention. KEEP intervention represents a modified version of the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care intervention developed by interventionists at the Oregon Social Learning Center and is designed to provide training and support for children ages 5–11 in regular foster care. We also report on the initial …
Inadequate Housing Among Families Under Investigation for Child Abuse and Neglect: Prevalence from a National Probability Sample
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of inadequate housing that threaten out‐of‐home placement among families under investigation by child welfare. Data came from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well‐Being, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of child welfare‐involved families. Child protective services caseworkers as well as caregivers provided information on families whose child remained in the home after initial …
Cultural Exchange and the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: Two Case Studies
Objective: The dynamics of interactions between evidence-based intervention (EBI) developers and trainers and organizations and providers that deliver the EBI was examined in two case studies, a statewide randomized effectiveness trial of an EBI to reduce child neglect and a randomized trial of EBIs for depression, anxiety, and conduct problems in children and adolescents. Methods: Data were collected using ethnographic methods of participant obs…
Child welfare as a gateway to domestic violence services
Parenting Styles and Substance Use during Childhood and Adolescence
A Preliminary Analysis of the Receipt of Mental Health Services Consistent With National Standards Among Children in the Child Welfare System
Objectives. We sought to examine the extent to which children in the child welfare system receive mental health care consistent with national standards. Methods. We used data from 4 waves (3 years of follow-up) of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the nation's first longitudinal study of children in the child welfare system, and the Area Resource File to examine rates of screening, assessment, and referral to mental health s…
Exploration and adoption of evidence-based practice by US child welfare agencies
Effects of Medicaid managed care policies on mental health service use among a national probability sample of children in the child welfare system
The cost of implementing new strategies (Coins): A method for mapping implementation resources using the stages of implementation completion
Psychological distress and the decision to seek medical care
Child Welfare Systems Policies and Practices Affecting Medicaid Health Insurance for Children: A National Study
This study presented national data on financing policies and practices for health and mental health care among children in child welfare settings, including those who are not placed out of the home. Our three objectives were to: examine variation in the provision of health insurance with a specific focus on placement status; describe mechanisms for assuring timing of coverage; and compare Medicaid expansionary practices to innovations in financin…
Developmental Services for Young Children in Foster Care: Assessment and Service Delivery
High rates of developmental delay in children in foster care make it important for the foster care system to provide early identification of developmental issues and facilitate intervention. This investigation examined the degree to which child welfare agencies encourage policies to assess children for developmental delay and link children to intervention agencies. Results indicate that half of counties studied have comprehensive developmental sc…
Rapid Assessment with Qualitative Telephone Interviews: Lessons from an Evaluation of California’s Healthy Families Program & Medi-Cal for Children
California’s Healthy Families/Medi-Cal for Children (HF/MCC) program provides low- and no-cost health insurance to low-income children. In December 1999 and January 2000, 72 community-based organizations (CBOs) were contracted by California’s Department of Health Services (DHS) to supply culturally appropriate HF/MCC outreach and enrollment services. This article describes the incorporation of a qualitative telephone interview component for rapid…
Assessment of Depressive Symptomatology in Young Maltreated Children
The present study examined the characteristics of a self-report measure of depression in young maltreated children. Two samples, Foster Care (N= 197) and Clinic Referred (N= 107), of maltreated children between the ages of 3- and 7-years, were administered the Preschool Symptom Self-Report (PRESS). In addition, a subsample of the foster and all of the clinic children between the ages of 4- and 7-years responded to Harter's measure of Perceived Co…
Youth Entering an Emergency Shelter Care Facility: Prior Involvement in Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Systems
Two hundred and ninety five youth between 11 and 17 years of age who entered an emergency shelter care facility reported on their prior involvement with mental health and criminal justice systems. More than a quarter indicated a prior arrest, 10.5% reported a hospital admission, and 43.1% said they had received counseling. An overall logistic regression model revealed that youth who had received counseling prior to entry were almost 3 times more …
Evaluation of Psychosocial Problems of the Homebound Cancer Patient: I. Methodology and Problem Frequencies
Psychological problem frequencies of very ill, homebound cancer patients were studied using an instrument entitled "Psychosocial Problem Categories for Homebound Cancer Patients." This instrument contains thirteen major categories of problems and fifty individual problems. A total of 570 patient records were obtained from two visiting nurse agencies in two different counties. Records were rated by a pair of trained raters, with level of interrate…
Development of a Brief Screening Instrument for Detecting Depressive Disorders
A very short (8-item), self-report measure was developed to screen for depressive disorders (major depression and dysthymia). The screener departs from traditional depressive symptom scales in that 1) individual items are differentially weighted and 2) two of the eight items concern diagnostically-relevant durations of depressed mood. Analyses of data from a general population and from primary care and mental health patients showed that the scree…
Psychological distress and the decision to seek medical care
Parenting Styles and Substance Use during Childhood and Adolescence
Youth who physically assault their parents
Type of maltreatment as a predictor of mental health service use for children in foster care
Parental visiting and foster care reunification
Impact of child psychosocial functioning on reunification from out-of-home placement
Children Who Prosper in Unfavorable Environments: The Relationship to Social Capital
Objective. Social capital describes the benefits that are derived from personal social relationships (within families and communities) and social affiliations. This investigation examined the extent to which social capital is associated with positive developmental and behavioral outcomes in high-risk preschool children. Design. A cross-sectional case-control analysis of young children “doing well” and “not doing well” at baseline in four coordina…
Mental Health Problems of Children in Foster Care
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Minority populations in the child welfare system: The visibility hypothesis reexamined
This study tests the "visibility hypothesis," which suggests that there is a higher probability for minority children to be placed in foster care when living in geographic locations where their proportions in the population are relatively low, compared to areas where their proportions are high. Results support the hypothesis for African-American youth only. Explanations of the findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discus…
Youth Entering an Emergency Shelter Care Facility: Prior Involvement in Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Systems
Two hundred and ninety five youth between 11 and 17 years of age who entered an emergency shelter care facility reported on their prior involvement with mental health and criminal justice systems. More than a quarter indicated a prior arrest, 10.5% reported a hospital admission, and 43.1% said they had received counseling. An overall logistic regression model revealed that youth who had received counseling prior to entry were almost 3 times more …
Patient Race and Ethnicity in Primary Care Management of Child Behavior Problems: An Important Nonfinding
Services Research Center; Children's Hospital-San Diego; San Diego, California From the Services Research Center, Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, California. Address correspondence to: John Landsverk, PhD, Services Research Center, Children's Hospital-San Diego, 3020 Children's Way (MC 5033), San Diego, CA 92123-4282
Children in foster care: Factors influencing outpatient mental health service use
Children and youth in foster care: Disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements
Children Who Return Home From Foster Care: A 6-Year Prospective Study of Behavioral Health Outcomes in Adolescence
OBJECTIVE: Returning children to their biological families after placement in foster care (ie, reunification) has been prioritized with legislation. Comprehensive studies of child behavioral health functioning after reunification, however, have not been conducted. This study examined outcomes for youth who were reunified after placement in foster care as compared with youth who did not reunify. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Children who en…
An Examination of Measurement Characteristics and Factorial Validity of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale
The present study investigated descriptive statistics for and factor validity of scores on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) based on the responses of 295 high-risk postpartum women. The CTS2 yielded results for this sample similar to results obtained from a sample of college students in a previous study. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analytic results indicated that a five-factor model, specifying factors of Negotiation, Minor Psycholo…
Rapid Assessment with Qualitative Telephone Interviews: Lessons from an Evaluation of California’s Healthy Families Program & Medi-Cal for Children
California’s Healthy Families/Medi-Cal for Children (HF/MCC) program provides low- and no-cost health insurance to low-income children. In December 1999 and January 2000, 72 community-based organizations (CBOs) were contracted by California’s Department of Health Services (DHS) to supply culturally appropriate HF/MCC outreach and enrollment services. This article describes the incorporation of a qualitative telephone interview component for rapid…
Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use among children in foster care
Mental Health Need and Access to Mental Health Services by Youths Involved With Child Welfare: A National Survey
Intimate partner violence among female caregivers of children reported for child maltreatment
Contextual Predictors of Mental Health Service Use Among Children Opento Child Welfare
BACKGROUND: Children involved with child welfare systems are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Many children with identified mental health problems do not receive care, especially ethnic/minority children. OBJECTIVE: To examine how patterns of specialty mental health service use among children involved with child welfare vary as a function of the degree of coordination between local child welfare and mental health agencies. DESI…
Outpatient mental health services for children in foster care: A national perspective
Race, ethnicity, and case outcomes in child protective services
Medicine (50 works) · Psychology (50 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (37 works) · Psychiatry (37 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (34 works) · Nursing (28 works) · Mental health (22 works) · Clinical Psychology (21 works) · Foster care (21 works) · Welfare (19 works)